Publications | Pierrick Bourrat

Grains of description in biological and cultural transmission

(2022). Grains of Description in Biological and Cultural Transmission. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 22(3–4).

Pierrick Bourrat, Mathieu Charbonneau

Division of labor and fitness decoupling in evolutionary transitions in individuality

(2022). Division of labor and fitness decoupling in evolutionary transitions in individuality. In M. Herron, W. C. Ratcliff, & P. L. Conlin (Eds.), The Evolution of Multicellularity, CRC Press .

Guilhem Doulcier, Katrin Hammerschmidt, Pierrick Bourrat

On the causal interpretation of heritability from a structural causal modeling perspective

(2022). Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 94, 87–98

Qiaoying Lu, Pierrick Bourrat

The arithmetic mean of what? A Cautionary Tale about the Use of the Geometric Mean as a Measure of Fitness

(2022). The arithmetic mean of what? A Cautionary Tale about the Use of the Geometric Mean as a Measure of Fitness. Biology & Philosophy, 37(2), 12.

Peter Takacs, Pierrick Bourrat

Unifying heritability in evolutionary theory

(2022). Unifying heritability in evolutionary theory. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 91, 201–210.

Pierrick Bourrat

Fitness: Static or dynamic?

(2021). Fitness: Static or dynamic? European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 11(4), 112.

Peter Takacs, Pierrick Bourrat

Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality by Endogenization of Scaffolded Properties

(in press). Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality by Endogenization of Scaffolded Properties. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

Pierrick Bourrat

Function, persistence, and selection: Generalizing the selected-effect account of function adequately

(2021). Function, persistence, and selection: Generalizing the selected-effect account of function adequately. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 90, 61–67.

Pierrick Bourrat

Review of 'Inheritance Systems and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis,' by Eva Jablonka and Marion Lamb

(2021). Review of ‘Inheritance Systems and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis,’ by Eva Jablonka and Marion Lamb. BSPS.

Pierrick Bourrat

Target Article: Are biological traits explained by their ‘selected effect’ functions?

(in press). Australasian Philosophical Review

Joshua Christie, Carl Brusse, Pierrick Bourrat, Peter Takacs, Paul Griffiths

Facts, Conventions, and the Levels of Selection

(2021). Facts, Conventions, and the Levels of Selection (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Pierrick Bourrat

Heritability, causal influence and locality

(2021). Heritability, causal influence and locality. Synthese, 198, 6689–6715.

Pierrick Bourrat

Measuring Causal Invariance Formally

(2021). Measuring Causal Invariance Formally. Entropy, 23(6), 690.

Pierrick Bourrat

Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality: A formal analysis

(2021). Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality: A formal analysis. Synthese, 198, 3699–3731.

Pierrick Bourrat

The Idea of Mismatch in Evolutionary Medicine

(in press). The Idea of Mismatch in Evolutionary Medicine. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

Pierrick Bourrat, Paul Griffiths

Fidelity and the grain problem in cultural evolution

(2021). Fidelity and the grain problem in cultural evolution. Synthese, 199(3–4), 5815–5836.

Mathieu Charbonneau, Pierrick Bourrat

Taming Fitness: Organism-Environment Interdependencies Preclude Long-Term Fitness Forecasting

(2021). Taming Fitness: Organism-Environment Interdependencies Preclude Long-Term Fitness Forecasting. BioEssays, 43(1).

Guilhem Doulcier, Peter Takacs, Pierrick Bourrat

Supernatural Beliefs and the Evolution of Cooperation

(2021). Supernatural Beliefs and the Evolution of Cooperation. In J. R. Liddle & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Religion (pp. 296–314).

Pierrick Bourrat, Viciana, Hugo

Causation and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Heritability

(2020). Causation and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Heritability. Philosophy of Science, 87(5), 1073–1083.

Pierrick Bourrat

Natural selection and the reference grain problem

(2020). Natural selection and the reference grain problem. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 80, 1–8.

Pierrick Bourrat

Ecological scaffolding and the evolution of individuality: The transition from cells to multicellular life

(2020). Ecological scaffolding and the evolution of individuality: The transition from cells to multicellular life. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4(3), 426–436.

Andrew J. Black, Pierrick Bourrat, Paul B. Rainey

On Calcott’s permissive and instructive cause distinction

(2019). On Calcott’s permissive and instructive cause distinction. Biology & Philosophy, 34(1), 1.

Pierrick Bourrat

Variation of information as ameasure of one-to-one causal specificity

(2019). Variation of information as a measure of one-to-one causal specificity. European Journal for Philosophy of Science, 9(1), 11.

Pierrick Bourrat

Evolution is about Populations, but its Causes are about Individuals

(2019). Evolution is about Populations, but its Causes are about Individuals. Biological Theory, 14(4), 254–266.

Pierrick Bourrat

In what sense can there be evolution by natural selection without perfect inheritance?

(2019). In what sense can there be evolution by natural selection without perfect inheritance? International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 32(1), 13–31.

Pierrick Bourrat

Evolutionary transitions in heritability and individuality

(2019). Evolutionary transitions in heritability and individuality. Theory in Biosciences, 138(2), 305–323.

Pierrick Bourrat

Genetic Relatedness

(2019). Genetic Relatedness. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science, Springer.

Pierrick Bourrat

Adaptations: Product of Evolution

(2019). Adaptations: Product of Evolution. In T. K. Shackelford & V. A. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science (pp. 1–4). Springer International Publishing.

Pierrick Bourrat

Have Causal Claims About the Gut Microbiome Been Over-Hyped?

(2018). Have Causal Claims About the Gut Microbiome Been Over-Hyped? BioEssays, 40(12), 1800178.

Pierrick Bourrat

Natural selection and drift as individual-level causes of evolution

(2018). Natural selection and drift as individual-level causes of evolution. Acta Biotheoretica, 66(3), 159–176.

Pierrick Bourrat

Multispecies individuals

(2018). Multispecies individuals. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 40(2).

Pierrick Bourrat, Paul E. Griffiths

The Evolutionary Gene and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis

(2018). The evolutionary gene and the extended evolutionary synthesis. The British Journal For The Philosophy of Science, 69(3), 775–800.

Qiaoying Lu, Pierrick Bourrat

Replication and Reproduction

(2018). Replication and Reproduction. In E. N. Zalta (Ed.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

John Wilkins, Pierrick Bourrat

Review of 'Biological Individuality: Integrating Scientific, Philosophical, and Historical Perspectives,' by Scott Lidgard and Lynn Nyhart

(2017). Review of ‘Biological Individuality: Integrating Scientific, Philosophical, and Historical Perspectives,’ by Scott Lidgard and Lynn Nyhart. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

Pierrick Bourrat

Why the missing heritability might not be in the DNA

(2017). Why the missing heritability might not be in the DNA. BioEssays, 39(7).

Pierrick Bourrat, Qiaoying Lu, Eva Jablonka

Explaining Drift from a Deterministic Setting

(2017). Explaining drift from a deterministic setting. Biological Theory, 12(1), 27–38.

Pierrick Bourrat

Dissolving the missing heritability problem

(2017). Dissolving the missing heritability problem. Philosophy of Science, 84(5), 1055–1067.

Pierrick Bourrat, Qiaoying Lu

Review of 'Evolution by Natural Selection: Confidence, Evidence and the Gap,' by Michaelis Michael

(2017). Review of ‘Evolution by Natural Selection: Confidence, Evidence and the Gap,’ by Michaelis Michael. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 95(4), 816–819.

Pierrick Bourrat

Interpreting Heritability Causally

(2017). Interpreting Heritability Causally. Philosophy of Science, 84(1), 14–34.

Kate E. Lynch, Pierrick Bourrat

Generalizing Contextual Analysis

(2016). Generalizing Contextual Analysis. Acta Biotheoretica, 64(2), 197–217.

Pierrick Bourrat

Sélection Naturelle

(2016). Sélection Naturelle. In M. Kristanek (Ed.), Encyclopédie Philosophique.

Pierrick Bourrat

How to Read ‘Heritability’ in the Recipe Approach to Natural Selection

(2015). How to Read ‘Heritability’ in the Recipe Approach to Natural Selection. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 66(4), 883–903.

Pierrick Bourrat

Distinguishing natural selection from other evolutionary processes in the evolution of altruism

(2015). Distinguishing natural selection from other evolutionary processes in the evolution of altruism. Biological Theory, 10(4), 311–321.

Pierrick Bourrat

Levels of selection are artefacts of different fitness temporal measures

(2015). Levels of selection are artefacts of different fitness temporal measures. Ratio, 28(1), 40–50.

Pierrick Bourrat

Origins and evolution of religion from a Darwinian point of view: Synthesis of different theories

(2015). Origins and evolution of religion from a Darwinian point of view: Synthesis of different theories. In T. Heams, P. Huneman, G. Lecointre, & M. Silberstein (Eds.), Handbook of Evolutionary Thinking in the Sciences (pp. 761–780).

Pierrick Bourrat

Levels, time and fitness in evolutionary transitions in individuality

(2015). Levels, time and fitness in evolutionary transitions in individuality. Philosophy & Theory in Biology, 7.

Pierrick Bourrat

From Survivors to Replicators: Evolution by Natural Selection Revisited

(2014). From survivors to replicators: Evolution by natural selection revisited. Biology & Philosophy, 29(4), 517–538.

Pierrick Bourrat

Small things, big consequences: Microbiological perspectives on biology

(2013). Small things, big consequences: Microbiological perspectives on biology. In K. Kampourakis (Ed.), The Philosophy of Biology, (pp. 373–394).

Michael J. Duncan, Pierrick Bourrat, Jennifer DeBerardinis, Maureen A. O’Malley

L’évolution de la religion d’un point de vue darwinien: Synthèse des différentes théories

L’évolution de la religion d’un point de vue darwinien: Synthèse des différentes théories. In T. Heams, P. Huneman, G. Lecointre, & M. Silberstein (Eds.), Les Mondes Darwiniens (pp. 1125–1258).

Pierrick Bourrat

Supernatural Punishment and Individual Social Compliance across Cultures

(2011). Supernatural punishment and individual social compliance across cultures. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 2(1), 119–134.

Pierrick Bourrat, Quentin D. Atkinson, Robin I.M. Dunbar

Surveillance Cues Enhance Moral Condemnation

(2011). Surveillance cues enhance moral condemnation. Evolutionary Psychology, 9(2), 193–199.

Pierrick Bourrat, Nicolas Baumard, Ryan McKay

Is God an Adaptation? Essay Review on 'The Evolution of God,' by Robert Wright

(2011). Is God an Adaptation? Essay Review on ‘The Evolution of God,’ by Robert Wright. Philosophia, 39(2), 397–408.

Hugo Viciana, Pierrick Bourrat

Beliefs about God, the Afterlife and Morality Support the Role of Supernatural Policing in Human Cooperation

(2011). Beliefs about God, the afterlife and morality support the role of supernatural policing in human cooperation. Evolution and Human Behavior, 32(1), 41–49.

Quentin D. Atkinson, Pierrick Bourrat